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Each week Sharon at Mom on Dealz brings you a kids craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. The Summer Olympics began last week so here is a fun craft to introduce your kids to this special event!

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Olympic Ring Toss

Materials:

• Toilet Paper Roll
• Cardboard
• Paint (red, green, black, blue, yellow)
• Yellow and Orange Card Stock
• Scissors

Directions:
1. Cut “flames” from orange and yellow card stock.

2. Glue or tape the “flames” to a toilet paper roll.

3. Cut circles from card board (I used an empty diaper box so they are nice and sturdy.

4. Paint the circles red, green, black, blue, and yellow to represent the Olympic rings.

5. Watch your child have some fun with their new ring toss game!

Educational Activities:

• History/Social Studies: Discuss with your child the origin of the Olympics (Ancient Greece) and what the rings represent (different continents that participate in the games).
• Math: Make a graph of how many times your child makes a ring around the “torch” and how many times they don’t. You can also see if one color makes the toss more than another.
• Language Arts: Read the book G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Press Sports & Hobbies)with your child and enjoy a “g” food while reading (grapes, goldfish, grape jelly on crackers, etc).

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This post was written by Mackenzie

Mackenzie is the mother of two beautiful little girls and the wife to a wonderful man who is a Navy Reservist living in New Hampshire. She enjoys bargain hunting, photography, and of course COFFEE! Above all, she enjoys family life and soaking up every moment. She shares her tips on parenting, saving money, green-living and more on her blog The Centsible Family.